Psalms 88:13

“But unto thee have I cried, O Lord - I have earnestly prayed; I have sought thy gracious interposition. And in the morning - That is, each morning; every day. My first business in the morning shall be prayer. Shall my prayer prevent thee - Anticipate thee; go before thee: that is, it shall be early; so to speak even before thou dost awake to the employments of the day. The language is that which would be applicable to a case where one made an appeal to another for aid before he had arisen from his bed, or who came to him even while he was asleep - and who thus, with an earnest petition, anticipated his rising. Compare the notes at Job 3:12; compare Psalms 21:3; Psalms 59:10; Psalms 79:8;…”

“Prevent - Come to thee before the dawning of the day, or the rising of the sun. Psalms 88:17”

“88:13-17 In his third charge, the psalmist accuses the Lord of rejecting him. The force and apparent cruelty of the psalmist’s suffering overwhelm him.”

“and in: Psa 5:3, Psa 119:147, Psa 119:148; Mar 1:35 prevent thee: "Come before thee." See note on Psa 21:3. Psalms 88:14”

“He who complains thus without knowing any comfort, and yet without despairing, gathers himself up afresh for prayer. With ואני he contrasts himself with the dead who are separated from God's manifestation of love. Being still in life, although under wrath that apparently has no end, he strains every nerve to struggle through in prayer until he shall reach God's love. His complaints are petitions, for they are complaints that are poured forth before God. The destiny under which for a long time he has been more like one dying than living, reaches back even into his youth. מנּער (since נער is everywhere undeclined) is equivalent to מנּערי. The ἐξηπορήθην of the lxx is the right indicator for…”